Ilene wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I am fairly new to M&P and I have been adding my color, (liquid, micas
> & oxides), after I melt the base. I can't advice you on adding color
> before melting.
> I can answer about the FO; I think adding it afterward allows you to
> cool the soap a bit, if needed, because you wouldn'r want to add the
> FO at a temperature higher than it's flash point. I melt my base in
> the microwave using the low power option but sometimes the soap is
> preety warm when I first take it out.
>
> HTH!
> Ilene
>
> Ilene -
>
> Yep. M&P. Mix before adding to base? We didn't do it that way the
> first
> two times and everything seemed to work out well. I happened to
> see the
> advice to mix the colorant and FO b-4 putting them in the melted
> base.
> Why's that?
>
> Paul
>
>
>
Ilene -

What I mean is - why premix the FO and colorant _b-4 adding them _to the
melted base?

What is the purpose of the micas?

Paul